Research Interests:

Climate change adaptation and mitigation in extensive livestock systems.
Job creation, income diversification and improvement of working conditions in livestock based value chains.Reconciling wildlife conservation with rural development

Research Methods:

Current Projects:

• GrassNet - Sustainable adaptation of grassland systems to climate change" (DAAD, Argentina, China, Kenya)
• Adaptation of agro-pastoral systems to climate change in West and Southern Africa (BMZ, Mali, Mozambique)
• CarbonQuest - Carbon sequestration options in extensive and smallholder livestock systems (BMZ, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso)
• ClimaLearn: Mutual learning of livestock keepers and scientists for adaptation to climate change in pastoral areas (BMZ, Kenya)
• SuLaMa - Participatory research for sustainable land management on the Mahafaly Plateau in southwestern Madagascar (BMBF, Madagaskar)
• UrbanFood - Increasing the efficiency of urban agriculture in West Africa (VolkswagenFoundation, Mali, Burkina Faso, Nigeria)
• ICDD - International Center for Development and Decent Work (DAAD, Mexico, Brazil, Kenya, South Africa, India, Pakistan)
• Watercope: Coping with increasing land use intensity, dwindling water resources and threats to ecosystem services in Altay-Dzungaria (IFAD, Mongolia, China)